Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-03

DICK.
Read about the murder
yesterday? "
Visitor Mo- Somebody killed
Citizen" Yes, Farmers out here
sold a few dollars worth of hogs and
was slaughtered for the money. But
they got the assassin.
Visitor" That's good, 1 hope he
will be tried right off. Justice is too
slow
Oh, he won't be tried at all. Fact is,
in the West we don't think 1t neces
sary to try man after he has hanged
from a railroad bridge five or six
hours.
Visitor-"I guess it WAS Eastern
Justice 1 had in my mind"
A youngsterin neighboring town
who had gone out on pleasure trip
by his fathers consent, suddenly
broke out crying and when asked
what was the matter said: ''Mam-
ma will whip me An effort WAS
made to soothe him by explaining
that as long as his father knew he
had come his mother would not scold
him for coming without saying any
thing to her about it This hardly
satisfied the little fellow, who whim-
pered in reply mother is boss
Frs.L Ives aged 20, while sitting
with a party of friends at n window in
the third story of the Teachout Build
ing, at Des Moines playfully threat
ened TO fall backward to scare the girls
present. Finally he said: Now / am
going sure" lost his balance, fell
through an awning to the pavement,
and broke his neck. He died instant
ly-
Here Is something for Bass fish
ermen to catch on to. Bass ike a
lively bait, and as the tail of snake
wriggles till the sun goes down, a
Reading fisherman has found that
snake tails are the things to catch
bass with. He caught five IN success
sion with ole bait of that kind
The Rev Phillips Brooks, who is
preaching in and about London
during his vacation abroad, fairly
takes the breath of droning English
churchgoers by his rapid delivery.
The Queen has commanded the
distinguished American divine to
appear before her at Windsor
Near New Nadisona, Wabash coun-
tv, Ind, during heavy wind storm,
John Sims was standiug near a school
house when heavy shutter wa.
blown of, striking him on the head
intiicting no apparent injury. He re-
sumed his work, but found that ht
had lost the power of speech
| Dwellers on the banks of the Kan
sas river are much exercised becaus,
the water recently turned to a darl
green color. Old settlers say that i
has not looked that way since 1856
the great cholera year. 1t is said tha
boys bathing in the river have bee
made quite i'll.
f. A Sawyer, who was once Un
| tied States Senator from Carolina, i
I now a clerk in the quartermastel
2 generals Office, Washington, on
/ salary OF Sl,400 q year He at on
r time held the position of assistar
5 secretary of the treasury.
Before the snow falls in the fall an
l the wild geese seek a warmer climat
g several loving, trusting, cooling cor
pie of this city will stand before th
holy altar of hymen and swear to che
gum from the same stick foreve
: l-Bradford Star.
Mr. George Coffroth. son of e,
Congressman Coffroth, of Somerse
went down to Johnstown on Frida
J to see Forepaugh's show He had
I s125 gold watch in his pocket, til
J gift of his father He went hon
y without it
a We were shown hens egg last Sa
e urday by Aaron Singley family whic
4 measured 95inches in circumferenC
a lengthwise, and % inches the 9th,
4 way. If any one in the U. S. can bes
a tais roll it to the front.
3 Ex-Governor Click, of Kansas.
: out for Cleveland and Black in 1SS
The ex-Governor is in the enioyme,
of $1,000 pension agency, and If
o barely possible that it stimulated b
g enthusiasm--Chlcago Inter Oces
r Twenty-onehogs belonging to Nh
d Mat Crawford, of Dranesville. G
II huddled together during a thunde
J. storm the other day, and lightnir
E. struck the drove. After the fash b
'e four were alive.
Is The Illinois Legislature has pas
d ed bill providing that no person
ID that State shall sell or furnish tobac
IN any form to any minor under
years of age, unless on written ord
= ofparents or guardians.
The merchants of Berks have G
e ganlzed themselves into a county s
a sociation for the purpose of weedi,
ga out the many foreign peddlers wbi,
X infest the country districts.
Te At nicnic at Danville, Ill. Mi,
st Mag < Lingenfelter won dress D,
n. tern prize by Harvesting horse az
hltching him to buggy in less tn,
lS two minutes.
H. A telegram from Rounbout. NJ
10 York, says that bushels of counte
ii felt dimes and nickels are beiI
$, circulated along the Hudson rive
A There is church in the east el
re OF London where parties SO desiril
} can be married for saven nanca /